This By-Election is for ONE vacancy in the House of Laity.
Added to the webpage 24 December 2024 - results schedules for the election, showing that PHILLIP RICE has been elected.
Added to the webpage 25 November 2024 - election addresses for each of the candidates:
A note from Civica should have been received in the inbox of lay members of the deanery synods. If this is not in your inbox, please check your Spam, or please contact the Governance Team ( governance@london.anglican.org).
About the General Synod Lay By-election
- As was the case for the main General Synod election in 2021, for those who have provided an email address, the whole of this by-election, both nomination and voting stages, will take place using an online portals provided by Civica Election Services.
- On 11 October – the date for the issue of nominations – electors are emailed login details to the election sites which enables them to make nominations and to vote when the time comes.
- The qualifying date for electors (i.e. those who propose and second candidates, and who can also vote) and of the candidates themselves is 6am on Friday 11 October 2024.
- The General Synod Election timetable (for both clerical and lay elections) is as follows:
| Issue Nomination papers | Friday 11 October |
| Closing date for Nominations | Monday 11 November (noon) |
| Issue of Voting papers | Tuesday 26 November |
| Closing date for return of Voting papers | Thursday 19 December (noon) |
| Day of the Count | Friday 20 December |
What is the purpose of the General Synod?
This video was used for the main elections in 2021, and provides helpful information about the work and purpose of the General Synod:
'Stand for Synod'
Who can stand?
The General Synod has three Houses: Bishops, Clergy and Laity.
This By-Election is for ONE vacancy in the House of Laity.
Any communicant lay person who is on a church electoral roll (or cathedral roll) and is 18 or above can stand. There is no need for lay candidates to be on a PCC, deanery synod or diocesan synod.
Why stand?
You can have a say in national legislation that affects all parts of the Church of England. You can also raise issues and contribute to debates on social and policy matters.
Time commitment and expectations
General Synod usually meets twice a year for 5 days each in London and in York. Each synodical term (known as a “Quinquennium”) lasts for five years.
The person elected will serve for the remainder of the current Quinquennium, i.e. until July 2026.
Do I get paid?
The diocese will reimburse your expenses up to a nominated amount including travel expenses and accommodation at London Synods. For York Synods, accommodation and meals are provided on the campus of York University where Synod meets each July. Synod members may claim expenses for travel to York Synods.
I’m interested. What now?
If you wish to obtain nomination papers, please email GSelections@london.anglican.org and
Either:
- Request online login details if you wish to use the online election Portal to make your nomination,
Or:
- Ask to be sent physical nomination papers. These can be sent to you by post. Please state which.
Please remember to include the postal and/or email address to which the login details or nomination papers are to be sent.